After a week of owning a Z, I have to say what a thrilling experience this car is, mind you I'm stepping up from a 1 Litre Corsa that I honestly couldn't have care less about and I only originally purchased the car due to my astronomically high insurance due to writing off a few cars when I was 17. So anyway now that I have a car that I truly enjoy driving and spent a lot of time (just over a year) searching for I have a few questions.
So first, I feel that the exterior of the car could do with some minor modifications as she looks a little bland and there are some things I do not like but at the same time I am absolutely clueless when it comes to DIY, I'm one of them useless nerdy types that gets his hands dirty very rarely but I would love to give it a go and after looking at people builds on here it has really inspired me to give it a go!
So on the back of this could anyone recommend me a good quality toolkit with everything I need, I mean its pretty pathetic but I literally have no idea I'm usually pretty good at researching things but when it comes to this kind of stuff I have mental blocks.
Okay also I'm in South Wales and I've been reading around that you guys on here are only willing to take your cars to people that are reputable and understand the needs of the 350Z and I'm just wondering if anyone could direct me to a few places here in South Wales as although the car appears fine and the previous owner loved her with all his heart (unless his acting skills are on par with that of ... an actor) I would still like to have her looked over and have some good quality control done so that life with me starts on a high that I can then maintain. On top of this I could do with having my wheels refurbished and my windows tinted again if anyone could recommend somewhere in South Wales that would be great I'm in Swansea but I'm willing to travel a bit for something that is recommended as I would trust the users on this forums opinions.
Finally if anyone could recommend some simple mods that I could undertake to get myself into the whole modding and getting used to working with the car and build up the confidence to go ahead with bigger and more challenging ideas, so far I have come up with the front reflectors ... they are orange and the paintwork is black it's horrific and I'm looking at some clear ones I would like to try the LED ones but it involves wiring and I can barely jack a car up let alone mess about with wires, I mean I will struggle with the whole removing the bumper thing, anyway also replace the ariel as I do not like it anyone know a good quality one that looks better I've seen a few people using a Honda one, also thought about changing some bulbs to LED lights just to give a bit of a fresher look I guess other than that I don't really know my budget is maybe £8k spare cash at the moment to play with but would rather start with smaller things for now.
Sorry for the wall of text and any help is really appreciated